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DIED. JANET COLLINS, 86, elegant, electric prima ballerina for the Metropolitan Opera House, and the first black artist to perform at the Met; in Fort Worth, Texas. She won acclaim on Broadway in Cole Porter's 1950 musical Out of This World, and after her Met debut in 1951--four years before Marian Anderson's celebrated debut there--went on to principal roles in such operas as Aida and Carmen...
...Leary begins with a stretch, resting her elbows on the sprung dance floor with her legs in a full split. Toes flex and point in well-worn canvas ballet shoes. And with a smooth of her bun, the would-be prima ballerina is ready to dance...
When regulars at the Institute of Politics (IOP) refer to the “living room,” they’re talking about the spacious holding area for visiting speakers, full of plush couches, fresh cut flowers—and memories of the antics of political prima donnas. When speakers come to the IOP’s forums, they spend an hour or so preparing and meeting with students in the living room before their speech. Caterers arrange a fancy display of soda, snacks and Sam Adams to provide a varied selection for the guests to whet their...
...quick word about my fellow state winners: these girls were amazing. I expected to deal with prima donnas and drama queens for two weeks, but these chicks were talented, wicked smart and accomplished. Some of them had beat out hundreds of girls in their state to get to Alabama. I, on the other hand, had reluctantly entered and blown off any major effort to prepare. I kept wondering when my official Junior Miss ride would turn back into a pumpkin...
DIED. NATALYA DUDINSKAYA, 90, Russian prima ballerina at Leningrad's Kirov Ballet in the 1940s and '50s; in St. Petersburg. Dudinskaya helped launch Rudolf Nureyev's career when she, at age 46, partnered with...